Upcoming Events
Artist Talk: Esterio Segura
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesArtist Esterio Segura (Cuba, 1970) will discuss his work on display in the exhibition Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art. The artist behind the sculpture titled Hybrid of a Chrysler (versión con pasaporte) (version with passport), showcased outside the museum, will take us through his explorations involving travel, machines and hybrids. He […]
HESCAH Talk: Chic Radicals: Street Drag as Critical Performance Art in the 1970s
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesDr. David Getsy will lecture on the intersections of drag and performance art in 1970s New York City. His talk intersects with two of his current works in progress: one, a monograph on Stephen Varble, known for his genderqueer and guerilla-style street performances; the other, a multi-artist study which examines the rise of downtown performance […]
Museum Nights: Celebrating Indigenous People’s Week
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesIndigenous Peoples’ Day is a holiday that celebrates and raises awareness of the many cultures of Indigenous or Native American peoples across the United States. Museum Nights joins the Gainesville community to celebrate the day all week, and to embrace indigenous peoples from throughout the Americas. Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes that Native people are the […]
Artist Talk: José Bedia
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesArtist José Bedia will discuss his work on view. A living master draftsman and installation artist, Bedia left Cuba in the early 1990s for Mexico and later relocated to Miami. His work is a singular synthesis of the artistic traditions of Africa and the indigenous Americas. Image credit: José Bedia, "Más de lo mismo […]
Collector’s Talk
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesCollectors Susie and Mitchell Rice, Guest Curators Gabriela Azcuy and David Horta and Harn Chief Curator and Curator of Modern Art Dulce Román will join in a conversation about collecting and supporting the dynamic artists of Cuba. Image credit: Emilio Sánchez, "Casita verde y blanca (Little Green and White House)," c. 1990s, Collection of […]
Art & Mindfulness: Settling into the Moment with Kindness
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesThis series of guided meditations, led by instructors from the UF Mindfulness team, is inspired by art in the Harn collections and held at the museum. Take a break from your regular schedule to slow down, experience stillness, and re-charge. Forty minutes of guided meditation is followed by an art spotlight tour. Please register through […]
Museum Days: Our Cuba
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesCelebrate Cuba’s creative spirit at your art museum! Enjoy docent-led tours of Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art then come together in community with UF’s Cuban American Student Association to participate in arts-inspired, cultural activities. This free program is welcome to all ages and family dynamics.
HESCAH Talk: “Los Carpinteros and the Meaning of Beauty: An Argument about Activism and Visuality in Cuban Art”
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesRachel Weiss, Professor (emerita), School of the Art Institute of Chicago will present “Los Carpinteros and the Meaning of Beauty: An Argument about Activism and Visuality in Cuban Art.” Made possible by the Harn Eminent Scholar Chair in Art History (HESCAH) program. Image credit: Los Carpinteros, Granada de manos, 2004. Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich
Art & Mindfulness: Appreciating Beauty
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesThis series of guided meditations, led by instructors from the UF Mindfulness team, is inspired by art in the Harn collections and held at the museum. Take a break from your regular schedule to slow down, experience stillness, and re-charge. Forty minutes of guided meditation is followed by an art spotlight tour. Please register through […]
SOUNDS MOVES: Music & Dance
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesInspired by the exhibition Metamorphosis: Reshaping Contemporary Art, six undergrad and graduate composers from the UF School of Music premiere works in a collaboration with New York-based BlackBox Ensemble, featuring the performance of undergraduate dancemakers under the direction of Dr. Joan Frosch, School of Theatre and Dance. This one-of-a-kind sonic/somatic dialog is suitable for all […]
Art & Mindfulness: Seeing, Sensing, Savoring
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesThis series of guided meditations, led by instructors from the UF Mindfulness team, is inspired by art in the Harn collections and held at the museum. Take a break from your regular schedule to slow down, experience stillness, and re-charge. Forty minutes of guided meditation is followed by an art spotlight tour. Please register through […]
Art After Dark: Museum Nights: Holidays in the Tropics
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesCelebrate the upcoming holidays while delving into the works of Cuba on view in Under the Spell of the Palm Tree: The Rice Collection of Cuban Art. Join us for tours, art activities, performances and more. Refreshments will be served. Image credit: Alex Hernandez, “Comfort Pattern 56, from the series “Habana-Miami”,” 2013, Collection of Susie […]